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1947 Idaho

4–⁠4 (1–⁠4 Pacific Coast Conference), coached by Dixie Howell.

Schedule and results

Idaho in 1947, game by game: won vs. Puget Sound 27–7; won at Stanford 19–16; lost vs. Washington State 0–7; lost vs. Oregon State 6–33; won vs. Portland 20–14; lost at Oregon 7–34; lost vs. Montana 0–21; won vs. No. 18 Utah 13–6+20−27Won 27–7 vs. Puget Sound+20Puget SoundWon 19–16 at Stanford+3StanfordLost 0–7 vs. Washington State-7Washington StateLost 6–33 vs. Oregon State-27Oregon StateWon 20–14 vs. Portland+6PortlandLost 7–34 at Oregon-27OregonLost 0–21 vs. Montana-21MontanaWon 13–6 vs. No. 18 Utah+7No. 18 Utah
Each game’s margin, wins above the line and losses below; orange marks an upset win.
DateOpponentResultElo
Sep 20vsPuget SoundW 27–⁠766%
Sep 27atStanfordW 19–⁠1613%
Oct 4vsWashington StateL 0–⁠739%
Oct 11vsOregon StateL 6–⁠3322%
Oct 18vsPortlandW 20–⁠1466%
Nov 1atOregonL 7–⁠3420%
Nov 7vsMontanaL 0–⁠2149%
Nov 15vs18UtahW 13–⁠614%

Elo: a pregame chance from scores alone.

How it ended: Beat Utah 13–⁠6; unranked in the final AP poll; 9th in the Pacific Coast Conference.

In program history: The 90th-best season in program history by end-of-season Elo (of 110 on file).

Record
4–⁠4
Conference
1–⁠4 9th in Pacific Coast Conference
AP final
Unranked
Points
92–⁠138
Coach
Dixie Howell
Elo
1269 +32 this season
SP+ rating
—
SRS
−15.7 No. 104 of 120 major-college teams
Recruiting class
—

All-Pacific Coast

1 second team

Second team

  • Bill WilliamsRBCoaches-2; AP-3

From Wikipedia’s 1947 all-conference team article, with the selectors that named each player (AP-1: the Associated Press’s first team).

1947 Pacific Coast Conference standings

TeamConf.OverallAP final
USC6–⁠07–⁠2–⁠18
California5–⁠19–⁠115
Oregon5–⁠17–⁠3
UCLA4–⁠25–⁠4
Montana2–⁠17–⁠4
Oregon State3–⁠45–⁠5
Washington2–⁠53–⁠6
Washington State2–⁠53–⁠7
Idaho1–⁠44–⁠4
Stanford0–⁠70–⁠9

Ordered by conference winning percentage, then conference wins. Division splits and tiebreakers aren’t applied.